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Pick a Title, Vol 53 

Edward Ibeh 

in the mouth of desire, inverted spires lean toward the grots of Hell. tongues forked, skewered with sapphires in the mouth of desire, inverted spires. Adam's apple burning cores, as moths for martyrdom's fires. on the path to perdition: many had attended well. in the mouth of desire, manipulation stirs. the crone fanning her cauldron a hot vat of ruin, Wiccan shrieks and whirs. in the mouth of desire, manipulation stirs - a warlock's cherished heart of burrs, tears of crocodiles, his every gentleness abandoned. in the mouth of desire, sirens sweet, curses lure purple wearers and weavers, beasts with saints, low_down to the broad gates, gilt black, swinging purses. in the mouth of desire, sirens' sweet curses but wisdom's rare jewels, bereft in their verses. for want of wisdom, man's sovereign will faints.

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